Western Australia Dental Foundation Scholarship, University of Western Australia (UWA)

The Western Australian Dental Foundation (WADF) has donated a capital sum to establish a fund known as the Western Australia Dental Foundation Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships in perpetuity at The University of Western Australia.The WADF scholarship is awarded to a commencing Bachelor of Dental Science degree student, who is experiencing financial hardship and for who educational oppotunities are limited, for ecample because of distance, economic disadvantage, cultural difference, disability or responsibility for the care of children, the ill or the elderly.

Payment type

Semester Installments

Value

$5000

Value unit

Per annum

Basis of award

Financial Need, Disabled, Rural or Remote, Indigenous

Eligibility

An applicant must be-

a citizen or permanent resident of Auastralia

enrolled or eligible to enrol in a Bachelor of Dental Science degree course commencing in 2011; and

able to demonstrate financial hardship* and that their educational opportunities are limited.

* Financial Hardship may be demonstrated by the applicant -

being in receipt of a means-tested Commonwealth income supported payment (such as Yuoth Allowance, Austduy, Abatudy, diability support pension, Veteran Entitlements or payment of another income-tested benefit or pension); or